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Physical and Sensory Long-Term Disabilities from Snakebite Envenomings in Manaus, Western Brazilian Amazon.
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January 2025
Graduate Program in Tropical Medicine, State University of Amazonas, Manaus 69040-000, Amazonas, Brazil.
Snakebites caused by snakes are the most prevalent in the Amazon region, causing local and systemic complications. Local complications are mostly represented by necrosis, secondary bacterial infection and compartment syndrome. There are reports of long-term disabilities, but their burden is poorly investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSnake Venom Pharmacokinetics and Acute Toxic Outcomes Following Envenoming: Experimental and Clinical Correlations.
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December 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
An understanding of snake venom pharmacokinetics is essential for determining clinical outcomes of envenoming and developing therapeutic approaches to the treatment of envenoming, especially regarding the timing and optimal dosage of antivenom administration. (Eastern Russell's viper) envenoming causes systemic coagulopathy and severe hemorrhage including acute kidney injury. These toxic outcomes can be diminished by the administration of high quantities of Russell's viper antivenom.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViscoelastic Study of Hemostasis Disorders Associated with Envenoming in North Benin Using a Quantra Analyzer.
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French National Research Institute for Development, Mother and Child in Tropical Environment: Pathogens, Health System and Epidemiological Transition, Université Paris Cité, F-75006 Paris, France.
envenomings are a public health problem in West Africa, leading to bleeding and hypocoagulability. The aim of this study was to assess the hemostasis disorders associated with envenoming. Envenomed patients with an abnormal whole blood clotting test (WBCT) were prospectively included at Tanguiéta, Benin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpatial Accessibility Analysis of Snake Antivenom.
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January 2025
School of Public Health, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan Province, China.
Objectives: To analyze the spatial accessibility of antivenom immunizing agents equipped hospitals in Hainan Province.
Methods: This paper analyzes the spatial accessibility of medical institutions equipped with different types of snake antivenom using network analysis and two-step mobile search method, and evaluates the service level and spatial accessibility of medical institutions equipped with different types of antivenom immunizing agents in Hainan Province from the perspectives of both supply and demand.
Results: The number of people in Hainan Province who need to spend more than 1 h to reach an antivenom, antivenom, antivenom, antivenom equipped hospital, and equipped with antivenom for all species of snakes in the country is approximately 856,000, 231,300, 3,071,000, 2,666,000 and 4,721,000 people, respectively.
Severe local and systemic haematotoxic envenoming caused by a Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) in a pregnant woman in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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January 2025
Emergency Department, Setthatirath Hospital, Vientiane, Laos.
Snakebite envenoming in pregnant women is rare, accounting for approximately 0.5-1.8% of all snakebite cases.
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